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dark brown ; feet slaty or dark grey ; the webs purplish slaty ; 

 <3laws blackish plumbeous. A male weighed 1 lb 10 ozs., and 

 a female lib 2ozs. 



The Pintail is the commonest of the Duck tribe in the Nepal 

 Valley in winter. It is most abundant from September to 

 November, and in March and April, but it is to be found in the 

 valley throughout the cold season. 



963. — Mareca penelope, Lin. 



Male, Valley^ November. — Length, 18*1 ; expanse, 33 ; wing, 

 10*1; tail, 4"0 ; tarsus, 1"4; bill from gape, TG ; bill at front, 

 ]'4; closed wings reach to end of tail; weight, 1 lb 4 "5 ozs. 



Bill dusky plumbeous, black towards the tip ; irides dark 

 brown ; feet dusky plumbeous. 



The Widgeon is found in the valley of Nepal throughout 

 the cold season, but not in any great numbers. 



964. — Querquedula crecca, Lin. 



Male. — Length, 15; expanse, 24*2; wing, 7'2 ; tail, 3*2; 

 tarsus, l."2 ; bill from gape, r65; bill at front, 1*5; closed 

 wings short of tail, 0'65 ; weight, lO'S ozs. 



Three females. — Length, 13 6 to 14*7; expanse, 23 to 24; 

 wing, 6 9 to 7-2; tail, 3-2 to 3-25; tarsus, 1*1 to M5; bill 

 from gape, l"55 to 1*6 ; bill at front, 1"4 to 1*45 ; closed wings 

 short of tail, 0*2 to 0-4 ; weight, 8 to 9*5 ozs. 



Common in the Nepal Valley and the Nawakot district 

 throughout the cold season. 



965. — Querquedula circia, Lin. 



Male. — Length, 15*5 ; expanse, 25 ; wing, 7'7 ; tail, 3*0 ; 

 tarsus, ri ; bill from gape, 1'85 ; bill at front, 1*55 ; closed 

 wings short of tail, 1'7. 



Two females. — Length, 14'8 and 15*4; expanse, 24*6 and 

 24*8; wing, 7-3 and 7-4; tail, 3 and 3*2; tarsus, 1*0 and 

 ri; bill from gape, 1*65 and 1'7 ; bill at front, 1"5; closed 

 wings short of tail, 1'5. 



The Garganey Teal is found during the whole of the cold 

 season in the Nepal Valley and the Nawakot district, but is 

 perhaps rather less common than Q. crecca. 



969. — Fuligula nyroca, Guld. 



The White-eyed Duck passes over the valley on migration, 

 but does not appear to make any lengthened stay there. It 

 was very common in December on a lake about two miles from 

 Bichiakoh. 



